Len Rum
Well-Known Member
So apart from Johnno getting smacked in the face with a ball hit from close range looks as though everybody else is present and correct for Saturday?
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International Friendlies 21st-28th March
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Fame Monster
Well-Known Member
The irony is that he actually got it right until he looked at VAR!
I know, it’s crazy. If he thinks that was a penalty, he should be nowhere near a major tournament. The laws of football probably need to rewritten just to remind referees that contact does not equal foul unless it’s either violent or it actually impedes someone from getting to the ball. Booting the ball away then throwing yourself on the floor is cheating because someone stood on your foot is cheating, simple as.
squirtyflower
Well-Known Member
Think you are spot on with that, never a penalty, he had lost the ball, two defenders cutting him off so he looks for contactWell that guy will have hung his foot back hoping for a pen about 60 times this season & probably got one before tonight
It's cheating. Just like Salah's dive was cheating. Neither were natural movements to play the ball.
1.618034
Well-Known Member
That's not a foul FFS.
A foul has to be a deliberate action!
Jesus wept. Not a fault of VAR as it's the ref's decision, but without it then it's never given.
I despair at times.
A foul has to be a deliberate action!
Jesus wept. Not a fault of VAR as it's the ref's decision, but without it then it's never given.
I despair at times.
cleavers
Moderator
Yes I agree, but the way its being implemented is the issue, and its a big one, because right now its a cheats charter for the PL with the officials we have, so show it on screen where we can all see it, then try cheating from there, it will also have a great knock on effect, it will all but get rid of diving, because they can be booked if its a dive, and lets get rid of this sill notion that its only "clear and obvious" errors, hardly any i've seen have been this so far, it just seems to be done at the whim of the official(s), and to cover his(their) arse.VAR can work. All of the gripes tend to be how it’s implemented.
cleavers
Moderator
It is the fault of VAR then, because the referee initially gave a corner, and so must have been told to review it.That's not a foul FFS.
A foul has to be a deliberate action!
Jesus wept. Not a fault of VAR as it's the ref's decision, but without it then it's never given.
I despair at times.
Cobwebcat
Well-Known Member
Just had a look at the pen.
The attacker stretches out his leg in the path of the defender. The defender has no chance of altering his stride and steps on the foot accidentally. If he had been two inches behind the foot the attacker would have tripped him. It’s no different than if a player was lying on the ground and an opposing player backed into him treading on his foot. Neither is a penalty.
VAR just shows what happened. It’s the referee’s interpretation that is wrong.
The attacker stretches out his leg in the path of the defender. The defender has no chance of altering his stride and steps on the foot accidentally. If he had been two inches behind the foot the attacker would have tripped him. It’s no different than if a player was lying on the ground and an opposing player backed into him treading on his foot. Neither is a penalty.
VAR just shows what happened. It’s the referee’s interpretation that is wrong.
tommo74
Well-Known Member
I must be a minority here, the way I saw it the defender stands on the attackers shooting foot, therefore stopping him getting a shot off, so for me it was a penalty
Hoghead
Well-Known Member
Yeah, we need a role call of returning players coming back ready for next 4 matches.So apart from Johnno getting smacked in the face with a ball hit from close range looks as though everybody else is present and correct for Saturday?